In their five years together, Ethan Hawke and Uma Thurman were the most recognizable celebrity couple. The two played together in the successful 90s films such as “Reality Bites” and “Pulp Fiction”.
The couple appeared to have it all in the early ’90s, with a successful career, children and a loving marriage. However, things fell apart in 2003 when Hook was accused of having an extramarital affair with Thurman’s babysitter, Ryan Shawogs. Although the “Before Sunrise” actor denied the allegations, Hawk began dating the Shawhughes publicly after the couple’s divorce ended in 2005.
The actor discussed that time in his life and how much it still affected him years later in an interview with GQ. He acknowledged that he wasn’t prepared for marriage and that the divorce had a negative impact on every aspect of his life.
Hawke asserted that he had no business wed Thurman.
The couple allegedly met in 1997 while working together on the set of “Gattaca.” The following year, they got married and had two kids, Maya and Levon Hawke. Hawke, who wed at the age of 27, admitted to Elle that he later regretted choosing to get hitched so young.
The actor, 51, claimed that he wed because he believed it would “reduce [his] variables.” When you’re young, success can be very overwhelming. The environment seemed chaotic. And I desired to halt its rapid rotation. I believed that getting married would somehow reduce my variables. I was completely mistaken,” he admitted.
He said he wasn’t mature enough to get married and didn’t have any business making a lifelong commitment at that age. “It was shown that the male brain isn’t fully developed until age 28. I firmly believe that my frontal lobe was not completed. The “Sinister” actor acknowledged, “I had no business making vows that would last more than two weeks.
Hawke disregarded the marriage guidance that other famous people gave to him.
He also discussed the guidance he received from more experienced performers and how it might have prevented him from making worse errors in the future. “At a dinner party around the time of Reality Bites, I met Debbie Reynolds. She also gave me a ton of great advise on how to separate performing from public life and how she handled her divorce from Eddie Fisher and Liz Taylor, according to Hawke.
“I can still recall asking myself, ‘What does this lady know right now?’” The amusing part is that everything she told me that evening was accurate. I would have saved myself a lot of trouble if I could have heard her.
Following Hawke’s divorce, things took a turn for the worst.
Hawke spoke about his divorce and how it had a significant impact on his life in a different interview with GQ. He felt that his career was taking off at the time after being nominated for an Oscar for “Training Day,” but the divorce turned everything upside down.
It was the highlight of my career, he told GQ. For instance, you might be a commercial success. However, after my divorce, my personal life started to fall apart. He added that because of his emotional state, he started to view everything in his life in a different way.
I don’t know if you feel like this, but when you’re miserable, it’s incredibly simple to see everything that is fake about other people and life, and I just started seeing all that, he added. How fake everything is, including the fake celebrity. Do you, you know, channel your inner Holden Caulfield?
The actor admitted that his love for his kids and his passion for acting gave him the will to improve. “The great thing about kids is that they rely on you constantly. It provides equilibrium in your life. implying that you are not only concerned with yourself.
The basis behind Hawke and Thurman’s divorce
Because they were regarded as one of Hollywood’s prominent couples, there was much speculation around the couple’s separation. According to the breakup rumors, Hawke had an affair with Thurman’s nanny. The actor, however, denied the allegations and explained that it was because of their various lives.
We didn’t part ways because of anyone’s infidelity, Uma and I. These guidelines—”One person works, the other one doesn’t”—would undoubtedly be developed by you. So someone is always out of town,’” he replied.
Then, he continued, “I’m living in a hotel room and taking care of my kids while you spend six hours a day working on a movie set. See how you feel after doing it for nine months.
